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next approach: new non-free/contrib policy

Hi folks!

I think (at least I hope :-) we have a consensus about this policy now:


1. main
=======

Every package in main has to apply to the DFSG and may not declare
a Depends or Recommends relation to a package outside of main.

[Changes: - No exceptions are allowed for "Recommends" relations.]


2. non-us
=========

Packages which are export-restricted in the US have to go to into the 
`non-us' distribution. 

The non-us distribution is considered as part of "Debian GNU/Linux" and
will thus be split into

     non-us/main
     non-us/non-free

to simplify task for CD-ROM vendors. However, packages in "main" (that is,
"main" on master.debian.org, not `non-us/main') will still not be allowed
to depend on `non-us/main' packages. If this case happens, the packages
will have to be moved either to `contrib' or `non-us/main'. 

(Note, that there will not be a "non-us/contrib" directory since non-us
is too small for that.)


3. contrib
==========

Every package in contrib has to apply to the DFSG.

This implies, availability of source code, for example.

For example, the following packages will go into contrib:

    - "free" wrapper packages (netscape-installer, staroffice, etc.)
    - packages which are "free" but depend on other packages outside of
      `main'
    - packages which fail other policy requirements (but are free)
    - packages which we don't want to have in main (but are free)


4. non-free
===========

Every package in non-free must be freely distributable via our ftp server
and its mirrors in form of a `.deb' binary package.

       

In addition to these changes, I plan the following policy
"clarification":

   - /usr/doc/<pkg>/copyright has to contain the full copyright notice and
     the full license. If the license is GPL, LGPL, Aritistic, or BSD, the
     license _may not_ be included in the copyright file, but there has to
     be a reference to the license file in /usr/doc/copyright/



If there are no objections, I'll change the policy ASAP.


Thanks,

Chris 

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